Indian Ocean

By tbigelow91
  • 2500 BCE

    Ancient Fishing Boats

    Normally, a flat bottom boat used for setting out from the coast, could be used with or without a sail, and may have been in in use from 5000 BCE. Boats aided in travel and transport of goods as well as fishing.
  • 1000 BCE

    Bananas

    Bananas were cultivated in other places in Southeast Asia as well, then traveled to India, and may have reached Africa by 1000 BCE.
  • 1000 BCE

    King David

    King David establishes Jerusalem as his capital city.
  • 900 BCE

    Kamal

    The Kamal is a simple navigation device used by Arab navigators in the Indian Ocean since ancient times.
  • 800 BCE

    Rise of Nubian Kingdom

    During this time the Nubian Kingdom rose at Napata
  • 771 BCE

    End of Zhou Kingdom

    The Zhou Kingdom ends in China.
  • 750 BCE

    Persians

    Persians migrate from Iran To Egypt.
  • 700 BCE

    Indigo Dye

    The indigo plant was a valuable plant found in documents, early as the 7th century BCE, in Babylon.
  • 600 BCE

    Iron Metallurgy

    The iron metallurgy had previously been known in North Africa, Southeast Europe and Western Asia.
  • 510 BCE

    Scylax of Caryanda

    Scylax of Caryanda was an explorer. He was in search of riches in India.
  • 500 BCE

    Cinnamon & Cassia

    Cinnamon & Cassia arrived in the gulf of aden.
  • 500 BCE

    Camel Saddle

    Saddles were created for camels and other land animals to ease transport of goods.
  • 465 BCE

    Hanno

    Hanno explores west African Coast
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the great conquers Western Asia.
  • 271 BCE

    Ashoka

    Ashoka helped establish trades.
  • 130 BCE

    Silk Road

    The silk road officially opens as a trade route.
  • 100 BCE

    Pepper

    The peppercorns were believed to have originated in India.
  • 64 BCE

    Strabo the Geographer

    Strabo was a scholar from Greece. He traveled to read the scholarship of others, and from places like the library at Alexandria, Egypt, he was able to collect and compare many sources in order to get a picture of the best state of knowledge about the known world.
  • 31 BCE

    Caesar Augustus

    Caesar Augustus (son of Julius Caesar) began to rule the Roman Empire.
  • 4 BCE

    Birth of Jesus

    It is believed that this is the time Jesus was born. It is said that he was born in Nazareth.